The magazine of the european research area European Commission Copenhagen, a missed chance?

Jean-Pierre Geets and Annick M’Kele

(1)  Article in the Daily Telegraph of 13 September 2009: 

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/5268361/

EU-wasting-billions-on-projects-such-as-defining-God.html

 

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Archaeologists continuously debate the significance 

of the neolithic site Stonehenge (UK), with many 

standing stones, as well as the meaning of the giant 

figures on Easter Island (the Moai), erected by 

the islanders in the 10

th

 century.

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of palaeontology, fossils, volca-

noes and nature.

Theirs was no chance discovery. 

It goes to show what valuable 

allies amateurs can be to scientists. 

Our two discoverers (retired 

teacher Marie-Hélène Marcaud 

and geologist Patrice Landry) are 

both members of a local naturalist 

society that has been searching 

for dinosaur footprints for years. 

“We formed groups to explore 

different sites”, explains Patrice 

Landry. “Following a series of 

observations and discoveries, 

we pinpointed certain rock facies. 

We also studied geological maps 

and aerial photos to identify rock 

outcrops and work out how to reach 

them. Based on all this, we focused 

on potential sites and have been 

exploring them systematically. 

Plagne was one such site and it was 

the first time that we went there.”